Philly nurse speaks out on assisted suicide case

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia nurse accused of helping her 93-year-old terminally ill father kill himself by handing him a bottle of morphine says she was unjustly prosecuted.Barbara Mancini spoke Wednesday after a judge dismissed a felony assisted suicide charge against her. She said her ordeal was "unbearable torment" and feels happy for the first time in a year.Mancini was charged with giving a nearly full bottle of morphine to her father, Joseph Yourshaw, at for the purpose of helping him end his life. Yourshaw died at a hospital four days later after a hospice nurse called 911.Mancini was joined by Compassion & Choices, a group that supports aid in dying and other end-of-life decisions. The group is urging Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane not to file an appeal.